January is creeping up fast and already everyone is starting to think about the transfer window opening and what business Hull City may do.

The fact there is a new manager in the building with new ideas and a new way he will want to play means you’d expect to see the owners give Nigel Adkins the funds to either bring in new players, or money for wages if it’s loan deals.

How many players come through the door in January is the big question.

What may influence that is the return of two players from long term injury.

Abel Hernandez of Hull City is treated by medical staff (Image: Matt Wilkinson)

Abel Hernandez is now back on the training field and while he’s not ready to play yet, it looks like he’s making great progress and we could see him back in the starting line-up come January time.

A little further behind in his rehabilitation is Moses Odubajo and while we won’t see the defender until February, providing he gets the all-clear, he’s still likely to be seen as like a new signing by the owners.

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Odubajo was showing the improvements in his game back in 2016 and had become a consistent performer for City under Steve Bruce.

He’d go straight back into the starting line-up for me once he’s fit and City will be a better side for having him and Hernandez in the starting XI.

Immediately the side starts to look different with those two players back, but City are still four or five signings short even with Hernandez and Odubajo fit and playing. So it’s a case of waiting to see how much business the club do in January and whether Adkins is given the tools to do the job to the best of his ability.